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Note 1: "Part of Orpheus (TV). Duel of Angels on one side. Long John on other."; Note 2: CD 1: LJN telegrams--atheism v. agnosticism. Guest: Dr. Alexander. Followed by "Sunrise Serenade" w/ Harry Carlson and John McLane. Hamlet "To be or not to be" speech. 1960 World Series, Game 7 (DATE: 10/13/60). CD 2: Series cont'd. CD 3: Series cont'd, followed by interview w/ winners (Pirates) and analysis on WNBC radio. TV Show of Orpheus and Eurydice. CD 4: Orpheus cont'd.;

Note 1: "Wollensar. Monaural on 2 track. Parts of end on both sides is blank. 2 track recorder from small radio by mike. 1. Gospel singing. 2. Long John and Havnis."; Note 2: CD 1: Gospel Radio--Bishop Lawson's Choir on WADO. Ad that says "1960," ref. to Pres. Eisenhower. DATE: late 1959 or earl 1960. CD 2: LJN. Guest: Dr. Nandor Fodor, Author of new book "The Haunted Mind: A Psychoanalyst Looks at the Supernatural" (pub. 1959);

Note 1: "Private. 3 sides used. 1+stereo mike and radio. cont. - of WBAI "nite sounds." Hates and Haugh is , etc. Then Long John and Doctor "treatment.""; Note 2: CD 1: LJN. Guests: Dr. Elias R. Leikind, Bernard Corash (see 776, CD 3), HW Gabriel, Henry Trepley. Unnecessary medical operations, prostrate. CD 2: poor quality. Folk and old jazz on "Night Sounds," WBAI late night radio. CD 3, 4: LJN cont'd.;

Note 1: "Begins with end of T.V. Dybuk. Odds and ends. Bit of parr T.V. Eva Gabor, etc. Long John and editor of "Hillbilly Gazette.""; Note 2: CD 1: Bible Story on MTA-TV Ch. 13. Jack Paar Show on NBC w/ Eva Gabor, Bob Newhart, etc. CD 2-3: Jack Paar show cont'd; LJN: politics and popularity. Guests: Jim Comstock, editor of West Virginia Hillbilly; Bronson McClung (sp?), co-editor; Al Lottman, insurance broker; Harry Moses, advertising exec; Arnold Bergier, sculptor. CD 4: LJN cont'd.;

Note 1: "Blank."; Note 2: CD 1-2: LJN. Guests: WC Weber, hypnotist; Stewart Robb, harpsichordist; Khigh Dhiegh, actor; HW Gabriel, science writer.CD 3: Another LJN show: communism, diplomacy, Russia, U.N. Guests: Max Lerner, author of "The Age of Overkill: a Preface to World Politics"; Khigh Deigh, actor (The Manchurian Candidate); Robert Eric Norden; Jack Hastings, transportation expert; Mel Hunter, illustrator, photographer, author. CD 4-5: Another LJN show: Pharmacy. Guests: Frank LaBarbra Jr., pharmacist; Bernard Garson, Barbazon exec; Robert L. Seigle (sp?), pharmacist; Khigh Dhiegh.CD 6-7: LJN. "Negroes in NYC." Crime, schools, dropout rate. Guests: Danny Crystal; The Amazing Randi, magician and escape artist James Randi, Khigh Dhiegh. CD 8: LJN ends, Phil Tomkins show begins. DATE: 1/5/63. Max Lerner on LJN cont'd. CD 9-10: WC Weber on LJN cont'd.;

Note 1: "One side. Nollensak continuation of "For Whom Really toll." Also Some Anastasia. 2nd side. 2nd Act "La Boheme.""; Note 2: CD 1: LJN. Guests: Dr. Paul Goodman, author of "The Community of Scholars" (Randomhouse); Prof. Ernest Partridge, Patterson State College; Peter Cohen (Cone?), young muralist; Dr. Edward Spingarn (sp?), English prof. CD 2: show cont'd: American education system. Race: should you say "colored," "negro," or "black"? CD 3: show cont'd. St. John's College (Tr. 2, 1:13). CD 4: Movie or TV show, someone (in loft?) whistling to theme song. More loft conv. begins tr. 3 1:50. "Larry." Smith enters tr. 4 3:00. Talks w/ visitor about photo layout for book on Japan. [Maybe "Japan, a Chapter of Image: A Photographic Essay" 1963 (?)]. Tr. 7 00:51: visitor proposes Smith participate in a "photographers' symposium" to promote a new magazine. Discussion ensues on possible topics. Tr. 10, 2:25: Smith suggests a topic: "A photographers defaulting their responsibility [to tell the truth, by becoming pawns for magazines]?" "Here, here." Tr. 13 01:36: Visitor: "Science in the big changing force that creates a different environment that then the artist has to come into, and point out the problems and difficulties that have to be addressed..." (See more in handwritten notes). CD 5: Loft conversation cont'd.Tr. 2 4:40: woman (Carole Thomas) enters. Tr. 6 2:05. Smith: "During the war when I was hit..." Tr. 8-end, CD 6: mostly background noise, faint conv. btw. Smith and Carole.CD 7: Tr. 1 1:48: Smith mic check w/ weather report in background. Brief news report. Beg. tr. 3: Smith sings briefly. End tr. 7: a man comes over, talks to Gene and Carole. Tr. 10: Japan. CD 8: Smith, Carole, and visitor, esp. clear starting tr. 4: Japan, visas, bringing Japanese friends to US (Yushiyama?). CD 9: Smith is compiling a list of missing objects: books, mikes, safelights, equipment. Smith and Carole talking-money, Japan.; Note 3: Extra CDI 1. film song with whistling (film is "Nice Girl", Channel 9) and talk in loft, Carole and other. 2. Jumps to Radio/TV with Secretary of State Dean Russ on USSR/China. Jumps to Loft, WOR, TV and newpaper strike and President Kennedy in news 3. Jumps to other News, House Committee Unamerican Activities Jumpst o lofe with Carole, Larry, Walter Trego metnion and book talk 4. Smith entrers and talk, Howard Chapnick, book talk 5. cont'd talk, layout , photos, "That's a Gene Smith picture" 6. More Photo talk, Japan, technicals issues 7. New Yorker piece, Japanese advertising, reason for visit Symposium Fundraisers. Photogarphy, and mention of purpose and Life Magazine 8. cont'd 9. discussion, food article and food fantasy photo 10. topics and george Hunt, Stanley Kramer 11. photo criticism, 12. cont'd 13. cont'd 14. cont'd, on art.

Note 1: "Blank."; Note 2: CD 1: LJN. Guests: Dr. Robert J. Quindlen, asst. editor of Webster's 3rd New Int'l Dictionary.;

Note 1: "Long John and A woman who edited a poetry book. Jan 1960."; Note 2: CD 1-4: LJN. Guests: Daisy Aldan, editor of "A New Folder: Americans, Poems, and Drawings"; Paris Flammonde, poet; Pat Tyler, wife of Steve Tyler (?), Dr. Edward Spingarn.Newsflash on CD 1: Bomb explodes in the home of one of the black students at Little Rock.;